Pedrosa and Rossi at risk of closing sequences: spanish wins for 16 straight years

The final race of the year will be marked by the finish of either Valentino Rossi or Dani Pedrosa ending the year without a win, putting an end to the longest running sequences to win at least one race a year.

In the case of Il Dottore, if he doesn’t win, this will be the first season of the career outside the Ducati that in which he doesn’t win at least one race per year. Between 1996 and 2010 the italian always won at least one race a year, following two seasons in the Ducati without winning. Since returning to Yamaha in 2013, the italian has won at least one race a year. The streak of five straight years to win at least one race throughout the season will be broken if he doesn’t win in Valencia, a track he himself has recently learned isn’t the best for himself and Yamaha.

As for Dani Pedrosa, the case is worse. The spaniard finishes his race as a competitor in the class queen after the valencian race, dedicating itself to test the KTM of factory. The sequence of the spanish is even greater than that of Rossi. In 2001, the year of his world debut in a 125cc class, Pedrosa didn’t win but since then, starting in 2002, he has won at least one race each year. At this moment Pedrosa has already been 16 consecutive years to win at least one race per year. Like Rossi, this year is zeros, so that Pedrosa can end his career the same way he started: without winning.